Gatlin v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Gatlin v. State, 39 Tex. 130 (Tex. 1873)
Walker
Gatlin v. State
Opinion of the Court
The appellant is charged with stealing one mule, of the value of fifty dollars, and one saddle valued at twenty-five dollars, the property of Harry Mus-grove. The proof shows the general ownership of the property to have been in Bennett Musgrove, but it also shows a special ownership of the property in Harry Mus-grove. Where there is a general ownership in one person and a special in another, in the property stolen, the indictment may lay the property in either. (2 Bishop’s Crim. Prac., 720; Langford v. The State, 8 Texas, 105.)
We deem this a sufficient notice of the errors assigned in this case. ■
The judgment of the District Court is affirmed. ■
Affirmed.
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- Jesse A. Gatlin v. State
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- Where there is a general ownership in one person of property stolen and a special ownership in another, the indictment may lay the ownership of the property in either.